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The Miles City WWII Peggy Letters consists of newsletters written by the Miles City branch of American Women’s Voluntary Services (AWVS) from late 1942 until early 1946. The newsletters were sent to every service man and woman from Miles City, Custer County, and neighboring areas for whom they had addresses to keep them abreast of events at home while they were serving in the military. The AWVS chose “Peggy” as a pseudonym: several AWVS women took turns writing the newsletters. The bulk of the collection consists of the letters these same service men and women wrote back to “Peggy”. Some letters are typed, many are handwritten, and a few are V--MAILs. Many letters include envelopes, and a few include photos or drawings. It is unknown whether the Peggy writers anticipated responses to their newsletters.

The Miles City WWII Peggy Letters consists of newsletters written by the Miles City branch of American Women’s Voluntary Services (AWVS) from late 1942 until early 1946. The newsletters were sent to every service man and woman from Miles City, Custer County, and neighboring areas for whom they had addresses to keep them abreast of events at home while they were serving in the military. The AWVS chose “Peggy” as a pseudonym: several AWVS women took turns writing the newsletters. The bulk of the collection consists of the letters these same service men and women wrote back to “Peggy”. Some letters are typed, many are handwritten, and a few are V--MAILs. Many letters include envelopes, and a few include photos or drawings. It is unknown whether the Peggy writers anticipated responses to their newsletters. of newsletters written by the Miles City branch of American Women’s Voluntary Services (AWVS) from late 1942 until early 1946. The newsletters were sent to every service man and woman from Miles City, Custer County, and neighboring areas for whom they had addresses to keep them abreast of events at home while they were serving in the military. The AWVS chose “Peggy” as a pseudonym: several AWVS women took turns writing the newsletters. The bulk of the collection consists of the letters these same service men and women wrote back to “Peggy”. Some letters are typed, many are handwritten, and a few are V--MAILs. Many letters include envelopes, and a few include photos or drawings. It is unknown whether the Peggy writers anticipated responses to their newsletters.

Creator

Boutelle, Cliff

Genre (Short List)

letters

Genre (AAT)

newsletters

Type

Text; Image; StillImage

Language

eng

Date Original

1946-02-05

Subject (AAT)

newsletters; letters; envelopes

Subject (Keyword)

Peggy Letters

Rights Management

The Contributing Institution is unaware of any copyright to the images in the collection. It encourages educational and personal use of these items under the fair use clause of the 1976 copyright act.

Contributing Institution

Miles City Public Library

Geographic Coverage

Miles City, Montana; Custer County, Montana;

Time Period Represented

World War II

Digital Collection

Miles City WWII Peggy Letters

Digital Format

image/tiff

Digitization Specifications

Items were scanned with a Kodak ngenuity 9125 or a Panasonic KV-57075C at 300 DPI using Papervision Capture Scan software.